FUNCTIONAL INTERIORS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 4(2+2)

Lesson 23 : Housing for the Visually Impaired

Design Guides

1. Floor to be kept of sufficient hardness & non-slippery
2. Providing kick plate for doors
3. Avoiding abrupt split levels
4. Avoidance of injury caring projections in circulation areas
5. Elimination of hazards is planning should be general

Though blindness is a major problem for a visually impaired person, his other problems such as depression, loneliness etc., should also be considered important and hence formal & informal spaces for interaction should also be given priority.